Group 5 Circa 1803

Group 5 "Circa 1803
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You will be reading an article titled "Circa 1803" and then collaborating with your group to complete a graphic organizer.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Tyiana	Billy	Steven	David	Sam
Justin	Clare	Kayla	Roula	Lexy
Gay	Weiner	Sophie	Grace	Sebastian
Marlena	Shannon	Corey	Kevin	Maia
Laura	Jarek	Alec	Matt	Sarah

At PBS Online's Lewis and Clark Web site (http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/), read the section entitled "Circa 1803." Fill in the chart below to describe the lifestyle, geographical knowledge, and rumors about the Western part of the North American
continent at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Graphic organizer:

Lifestyle in 1803 (especially for Lewis and Clark)	Geographical knowledge of the continent	Rumors about the west at this time
"Virginia gentlemen” lived in vast estates and plantations. Many owned slaves and hosted many balls and social or political events. -Sarah	European mapmakers drew Califorina as an island. Not much as known about the west of the Mississippi. Maps were inaccurate and books were written by people who have never seen the area. Sarah	Rumors said that unicorns, seven foot tall beavers, gargantuan woolly mastodons, friendly, slim-wasted buffalo inhabited the area. Sarah
“Virginia gentlemen” lived a spoiledlifestyle. On their enormous estates, they led lives of elegance and enlightenment, hosting social and politcal parties while entertaining people with balls. -Lexy Frey	Jefferson had many thoughts about the unknown areas westward Maps were not very accurate and book were written by people who had no idea what they were talking about! -Lexy Frey	These were all the ideas of things that inhabited the area: unicorns 7 ft tall beavers gargantuan woolly mastodons slim-wasted buffalo -Lexy Frey
"Virginia gentlemen" lived a distinct lifestyle. They led lives of refinement and enlightenment, hosting balls and dinners to discuss many important things. -Maia Litz	"Virginia Gentlemen" lived a very pristine or fancy life style living in enormous mansions and throwing parties to discuss things such as politics, laws and human rights. Even though many of them discussed how we shouldn't own slaves simply so that they can do all their work, almost all of them owned one or two slaves themselves! - Sebastian	Unicorns, Seven foot tall beavers, gargantuan woolly mastodons, and slim waised buffalo were rumors about the west at this time. -Maia Litz
It is nothing like it would of been today! Slaves were owned, “Virginia gentlemen” ascribed to a distinct lifestyle. On their vast estates, they led lives of refinement and enlightenment, hosting balls and dinners or discussing politics, philosophy and religion. -Sam	Jefferson was very intrested about the west because there was no knowlege at the time! He decided to send Lewis and Clark on a expidition to see what it was like! At the time the only thing that the US knew about was where they lived! Most of the things that could of helped find info didn't! -Sam	Some of the rumors going on at this time were: -Unicorns -7 foot tall beavers -gargantuan wooly mastodons slim wasted buffalo -Sam Hunt
Many of the men that lived around louis and clark were known as "Virginia Gentlemen".These men lived very pristine lives and many if not all of them lived in very large mansions and were not used to "living off of the land". Thats why it was so hard for Louis and Clark to find people who could journey with them into the western unknown land that had just been bought from Napolean Bonaparte and France -Sebastian	Maps back then were very inaccurate. They drew maps depicting California as an island, and the Rocky mountains looked very narrow. -Maia Litz